Gas-meter support.



No. 719,230. PATENTED JAN. 27, 1903.

T. B. KING'H-LA.

GAS METER SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 13, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

KZNCHLA, OF NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

summarise SUPPORT.

SPEGEFTKLFJJ 'bhl forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,230, datedJanuary 27, 1903;

Application filed February 13, 1902. Serial No. 931825. (No model.)

110 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that i, TIMOTHY B. KINCHLA, a citizen of the United States,residing at Newton, county of Middlesezr, State of Massachusetts, haveinvented an Improvement in Gas- Meter Supports, of which the followingdescription, in commotion with the accompanyingdrawings, is aspecification, like numerals on the drawings representing like parts.

It is the common practice to support the gas-meter in a house orwherever the same may be used upon a shelf which is secured to a wall orother supper-tin some convenient position, and usually the shelf is ofwood or some other material and is solid.

Usually gas-meters are located in the cellar or basement of a house,where duringalarge part of the time the atmosphere is more or less humidand damp, and it has been found that where a solid shelf orsupportisused for the meter the dampness which accumulates beneath the meter orbetween the meter and the shelf will rustthe meter in a comparativelyshort time to such an extent as to render the same uniit for use.Furthermore, it frequently happens that at the place where it is desiredto put meter there is no suitable supporting-wall to which a shelf maybe secured.

it is the object of my invention to provide a simple and effectivesupport for a gas-mefor which is of such a construction as to preventany moisture from accumulating between the meter and the support, thuspreventing rusting of the meter, and it is also of such a constructionthat the support may be placed in any desired position without referenceto the presence or absence of a supporting-wall.

To this end the invention comprises a suitable slreleton work shelf,which may be clamped to the gaspipe itself, the gas-pipe of course beingconnected in the usual way to the meter. The skeleton-work of the shelfaffords the requisite ventilation to prevent the moisture accumulatingbetween the shelf and the meter, and by making use of the gaspipe itselffor the support for the shelf it will be apparent that the meter may beplaced in any suitable position.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvedmeter-supporting device, and Fig. 2 is a plan view of the shelf.

The in vention is especially adapted for use in places where either thegas-pipe, which connects with the gasmain or that which distributes thegas to the burners in the house, is arranged vertically, and in Fig.l-such riser or vertically-extending portion of the gaspipe isdesignated by 3, this pipe, preferably, being the one which connectswith the main. The upper end of the pipe is shown as provided with thegooseneck portion 4 and the coupling 5 for connecting to the meter 6 inthe usual way, and said meter has also connected thereto thedistributing-pipe 7, which delivers the gas through the burners to thehouse.

To support the meter, I provide a suitable skeleton-work shelf orstand8, which is adapted to be clamped to the riser 3 at the proper height toreceive the meter. As illustrated, said support 8 has the arm 9,extended therefrom, provided with the jaws 10 and 11, between which theriser 3 may be clamped by means of the adj usting-bolts 12.

By reason of the peculiar construction the shelf and the upper end ofthe riser 3 cooperate to support and hold the meter in position, forwhile the weight of the meter is taken by the shelf 8, yet because theupper end of the pipe 3 is bent downwardly and connected with the top ofthe meter the said upper end of the pipe serves to partially support themeter and to prevent any liability of the shelf 8 springing or giving.Moreover, the distributingpipe '7, by reason of its connection with theupper portion of the meter, serves as a brace to prevent the pipe 3 fromyielding or bending under the weight of the meter.

From the above it will be seen that I have devised a very simple andeffective stand for a gas-meter which is of such construction that itmay be used in any desired position without reference to the presence ofsuitable supporting-walls to which the meter may be attached and whichalso is of such construction as to prevent any moisture accumulatingbeneath the meter.

Various changes may be made in the construction of the device withoutdepartingfrom movably supported, and means to clamp the the details ofmy construction. shelf to thevvertically-arranged pipe.

Having thus fully described myinvention, In testimony whereof I havesigned my What I claim as new, and desire to secure by name to thisspecification in the presence of 5 Letters Patent, is two subscribingWitnesses.

A gas1neter, a support for the same comprising a vertically-arrangedgas-pipe which TIMOTHY KINOHLA' is to be connected to the meter, askeleton Witnesses:

shelf independent from the meter and having JOHN V. SULLIVAN, IO 21 fiatupper surface on Which the meter is re- HENRY POOLE.

